Arianne seemed blissfully unaware that she was being watched. She was surrounded by many gasps and compliments, and she felt as if her ears had developed calluses from the sheer amount of them. The bridal show was during the latter segment of the fashion show. She took twelve minutes to brace herself and waited for her design to appear on the runway. Although she wasn’t part of the manufacturing process, she was the “biological mother”.Minutes and seconds passed, and the show was nearly its end. She was beginning to feel skeptical; her design couldn’t possibly have been put in the finale, right? After all, she wasn’t a member of Mark Tremont’s company. However, if it wasn’t in the finale, did that mean that Mark was toying with her?Suddenly, the music changed from a rhythmic tempo to a melodious tune. A tall, slender and fair-skinned model dressed in white slowly strutted onto the runway. Arianne gasped. ‘That’s my design… It really is the finale piece!’The bridal gown was long a
Arianne’s phone received a flurry of messages ever since Tiffany walked out. Just as the pair plunged into a heated discussion over text, Mark suddenly said, “Focus on your food.”Arianne swiftly sent Tiffany a “shh” emoji, then put her phone away. She picked up her cutlery and obediently focused on her meal. Her movements were so smooth that there wasn’t a single flaw, very similar to how she reacted whenever he scolded her during meals or whenever she was playing with toys.He was slightly entranced by the sight of her reaction… The memories of his past with her seemed to be solely filled with hatred…Arianne noticed Mark’s gaze and grew wary. “What is it…?”Mark turned away and poured her a glass of wine.She was shocked. He never drank wine with her…After two seconds of hesitation, she clinked her glass with his.Just as she was sipping on her wine, Mark suddenly asked, “Do you know what day it is?”Having learned her lesson from the last time she had forgotten his birthda
By the time they finally returned to Tremont Estate, Arianne was pretty much half hanging onto Mark Tremont. Upon seeing this, Mary quickly prepared a hot towel and followed them upstairs. She couldn’t bother about so much when her heart ached. “How did this happen? Madam can’t hold her liquor…”Mark Tremont didn’t speak. Mary handed him the hot towel. “Sir, I’ll leave madam to you. I’ll go down now.”He nodded and carefully wiped Arienne’s face. She cooperatively lifted her head so that he could wipe it. “Wipe it clean… He doesn’t like dirty things… Hurry up!”Mark Tremont’s hands paused then his lips involuntarily curled into a smile.The moment only lasted for two seconds before Arienne quickly pushed him away. “That won’t do… I have to remove my makeup…” Fortunately, she still remembered that she had makeup on her.The drunk Arienne wouldn’t let him help, so he could only follow behind her and watch over her until she was done. The moment her legs gave way beneath her, Mark Tr
Mark Tremont was still nowhere to be seen in the afternoon, so Arianne went out to buy some painting materials and invited Tiffany out while she was at it.The girls hadn’t hung out with each other ever since the incident at the hotel. Arianne didn’t want their friendship to drift apart because of that.They met each other in a coffee shop. When Tiffany came alone, Arianne was a little curious. “Why didn’t you come with Ethan?”Tiffany sighed. “Why would I still let him come with me to meet you after that incident that threw the internet into an uproar? I’ve been wanting to meet you for a long time, but my dad told me not to in case things got worse. Hence, I had no choice but to hole myself up at home. In any case, those guys are truly ridiculous. They can just make up any story they want. How wicked!”Feeling that it was better to explain herself to Tiffany, Arianne told her, “Tiffie, there’s really nothing between Ethan and I. He was telling the truth. He invited me out that day
Helen was getting upset but she suppressed her anger. After all, years of self-cultivation as the wife to a rich man wouldn’t allow her to show her anger in public.Naturally, there was no way Arianne would beg Aery Kinsey. “Why would I beg you? My upbringing didn’t teach me to lower my head to someone who lacks manners. If your mother weren’t standing beside you, I would have thought that you never received any proper parenting.”Aery picked up the coffee on the table and tried to splash it on Arianne out of rage. Fortunately, Tiffany Lane was able to pull Arianne back in time. Even so, some of the slightly hot coffee still spilled on Tiffany’s clothes.Aery’s action offended Tiffany so much that she no longer cared that they were in a public place. She gave Aery a hard shove. “Why don’t you try doing that again?”Helen turned pale with fright and finally snapped. “Cut it out”Given her competitive nature, there was no way Aery would take Tiffany’s treatment lying down. A catfigh
Tiffany Lane was still a vulnerable girl despite her carefree attitude. Having no experience in such a thing, she panicked a little. With her shaky hand, she rang Ethan’s number on her cell phone.Ethan just had to keep his phone turned off at a moment like this. She redialed to John Lane, her father. Fortunately, the call went through. But before she could even speak, John quickly answered with “I’m in a meeting” and hung up.She pounded on her steering wheel in anger when the call hung up. In a fleeting glimpse, she spotted the entrance to a basement parking lot and drove in without a second thought. It was dim inside so it was very difficult for people to drive around if they weren’t familiar with the place.Tiffany didn’t dare to drive very fast in here. She was taking a gamble to see if she was lucky enough to find an elevator if she had to abandon her car.As expected, the car behind her followed her into the parking lot. Up close now, she realized that it was a van. That mea
Jackson West didn’t seem to panic at all. He took off his black trench coat, as it restricted his movement, revealing the well-tailored suit he was wearing underneath it. He raised one leg and, without a beat, sent the big guy nearest to him flying with a kick.Tiffany was so anxious that her palm began to sweat. It was one up against so many people. Now that Jackson and her were in the same boat, both of them were done for if things went south. Although the guy had crazy long legs and seemed to be quite a fighter, she was still worried...To her surprise, all the big guys were down on the ground in just less than five minutes. Jackson didn’t even have to use his fists. If it weren’t for the fact that she already had Ethan, she would have fallen head over heels for him.After making sure that the big guys would no longer pose a threat to her, Tiffany tapped on the window and gestured for Jackson to unlock the door for her.Jackson picked up his trench coat from the ground, then dis
Just as Tiffany was about to leave, her gaze landed on Ethan as he nonchalantly turned on his computer again. He didn’t even bother to look at her or send her to the door.She took a deep breath after shutting the door. This was not the first time that she felt tired. This time, the feeling was much stronger than usual.…At the Tremont Estate, Arianne was completely unaware of whatever happened to Tiffany. She went straight back into the art studio after purchasing supplies. She only cleaned up and went downstairs when Mary called her down for dinner at night.She realized that every time Mary called her “Madam”, it meant that Mark was home.As expected, she found Mark sitting on the sofa, flipping through a magazine when she arrived downstairs.“Time for dinner,” Arianne reminded him.Mark closed his magazine and walked to the dining room. He didn’t show much of a reaction or look at her.This was strange to her. They were fine during their dinner at White Water Bay Café. Why